NBA ALL STAR VOTING RESULTS 1988 – CHICAGO Danny Ainge (Bos) and Maurice Cheeks (Phi) played as reserves despite not being listed in the Top 10 voting results for their positions.Since 1975, the NBA All-Star selections have been left to the fans who vote to determine the starting five for each team. NBA coaches complete the rosters. Until 1974, the starters per team and three bench players were chosen by sport writers and sport casters. Until 1973, each NBA team had to be represented with at least 1 player and a maximum of 3 players.
S=Starter R=Reserve WEST GUARDS TM VOTES Magic Johnson LAL S 1,022,122 Lafayette Lever DEN S 468,339 Alvin Robertson SA R 440,925 Clyde Drexler POR R 430,880 Darrell Griffith UTA 395,585 Terry Porter POR 391,567 Derek Harper DAL 322,711 Rolando Blackman DAL 314,765 Sleepy Floyd HOU 248,327 John Stockton UTA 241,117 FORWARDS TM VOTES Alex English DEN S 521,080 Karl Malone UTA S 499,963 Xavier McDaniel SEA R 474,087 James Worthy LAL R 409,712 Calvin Natt DEN 396,511 Larry Nance PHO 350,433 Mark Aguirre DAL R 347,357 Kiki Vandeweghe POR 330,716 Michael Cooper LAL 323,134 Ralph Sampson GS 309,325 CENTERS TM VOTES Akeem Olajuwon HOU S 831,339 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL R 507,612 Steve Johnson POR 391,672 James Donaldson DAL R 310,100 Mark Eaton UTA 267,646 Alton Lister SEA 247,678 Joe Barry Carroll HOU 211,186 LaSalle Thompson SAC 95,631 Benoit Benjamin LAC 30,341 EAST GUARDS TM VOTES Michael Jordan CHI S 1,121,285 Isiah Thomas DET S 666,895 Glenn ‘Doc’ Rivers ATL R 455,391 Jeff Malone WAS 356,497 Dennis Johnson BOS 338,474 Sidney Moncrief MIL 323,536 Vinnie Johnson DET 299,084 Kevin Johnson CLE 275,556 Randy Wittman ATL 260,221 Ron Harper CLE 244,158 FORWARDS TM VOTES Larry Bird BOS S 747,005 Dominique Wilkins ATL S 694,354 Charles Barkley PHI R 687,785 Kevin McHale BOS R 350,912 Adrian Dantley DET 335,865 Chuck Person IND 306,645 Buck Williams NJ 291,116 Bernard King WAS 285,588 Kevin Willis ATL 247,285 Charles Oakley CHI 241,123 CENTERS TM VOTES Moses Malone WAS S 601,520 Tree Rollins ATL 413,558 Bill Laimbeer DET 349,247 Robert Parish BOS 342,373 Jack Sikma MIL 324,426 Patrick Ewing NY R 275,121 Brad Daugherty CLE R 221,474 Tim McCormick NJ 116,878 Steve Stipanovich IND 107,477 Mike Gminski PHI 81,475